Bernth's Rebound Method

General Music Discussion
#1

Of course, I’m on a few mailing/ marketing e-mail lists due to being interested in other people’s take on picking technique among other things. Anyway, I recently received an e-mail about something called “The Rebound Method” by Bernth. And the e-mail includes a link to a paywalled video on Patreon with the provocative title “pick slanting is dead”… It appears there is a (free) video on YouTube which at least previews these ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27uT_tThm9c . Anyway, is anybody familiar with this? The name recalls some enigmatic comments from Eric Johnson about “the bounce” mentioned in the Cascade seminar which I think Troy said ultimately weren’t that useful (although I would have to find the relevant video to confirm the details). Also, I think Bernth compares his “Rebound Method” with a bouncing based method for efficient/ fast drumming called the Moeller technique. Meanwhile, Dan Wilson actually compared the Moeller technique with pickslanting itself in one of his course videos (on his George Benson influenced picking technique) I watched a while ago,

William

#2

I’m maybe missing something, but surely the feel of picking the strings with a cloth under them is going to be completely different compared to when you come to play without the cloth. Practicing without the natural feel and rebound of the strings is going to throw you off.

Having said that, I get that Bernth is out to make money and is coming up with ways that will help some players. Fair play to him for coming up with a different angle.

Also, I know that these youtube thumbnails are meant to grab attention with controversial statements, but, imo, “pick slanting” has nothing to do with what he’s talking about.

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#3

There are real benefits to practicing picking on damped strings and focusing on rhythm and power, it’s a big component of how I teach picking technique. Picking technique is directly comparable to single-stroke drumming technique.

That said, BERNTH talks a lot of rubbish in his recent video (see @milehighshred 's recent reaction video) and the comparison with the Moeller technique is total nonsense.

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#4

The first person I saw mention isolated right hand practice with muted strings was Claus Levin, and that must have been almost 20 years ago now, in the Wizard of Shred days. This is not a new idea.

Bernth is the clickbaitiest guy around.

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#5

New username now :slightly_smiling_face:
I was wondering if someone on here would find that Bernth video.

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#6

Good to know, I’ll be sure to use it in future if I intend to tag you.

Some of your recent reaction videos came up in my feed, I had them playing while I was doing some chores.

I want to say also that I really respect your honesty and integrity. I’ve really become disillusioned with guitar content online, between the algorithm chasing, engagement bait, AI slop (and the plagiarism that has affected me directly). So much of the playing we see is highly edited, mimed or completely faked.

It’s really great to see that some people out there are trying to turn that around. Keep on keeping on.

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#7

I’m not sure if this helps; but it appears that the Patreon video is exactly the same as the YouTube (based on the identical length and the lick at the beginning anyway - I haven’t watched it) and is actually free. The course is paid for, of course. It might be interesting if somebody who has seen it could give it a review. (I don’t have a feeling that this is especially worth putting down money to investigate so far though - partly based on the response here.)